CCE Exam Preparation: Free Playbook
Two topics have appeared in every CCE ever sat. Start your CCE exam preparation with a free playbook built from 21 RACGP public exam reports. Free PDF.
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GP Chronic Condition Management Plan Framework
A GP chronic condition management plan (GPCCMP) stops funding allied health 18 months after its last review. Download the free GP framework: intervals, items and recalls.
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Clinical Update: New RACGP-Endorsed PSA Testing Guidelines for 2026
Australia’s PSA testing guidelines have had their first major overhaul in a decade. The 2026 Guidelines for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer in Australia were released on 6 August 2026 and endorsed by the RACGP on 10 August 2026, replacing the 2016 recommendations. PSA action levels are now banded by age and risk, digital rectal examination is out of the primary care pathway, and multiparametric MRI comes before biopsy.
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Mental Health Treatment Plan Framework
A Mental Health Treatment Plan does not expire. Get the full Better Access pathway, current MBS items and the 1 November 2025 changes. Free one-page PDF.
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Assignment of Benefit Update: The 12-Month Reprieve and Enduring Assignment of Benefit
In June 2026, after sustained advocacy from the RACGP and AMA, the Government softened its assignment of benefit (AoB) reforms. From 1 July 2026, verbal consent will still be accepted in all settings for a 12-month transition, and an enduring AoB option opens for MyMedicare-registered patients, aged care residents, and ACCHO/AMS patients. This article sets out what actually changes on 1 July, and how to record an enduring AoB for your MyMedicare patients.
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Budget Update: What the 2026-27 Strengthening Medicare Package Means for GPs
The Strengthening Medicare 2026-27 Federal Budget commits $11.4 billion to bulk billing incentives and $5.9 billion to new PBS listings, alongside a new Medicare-funded three-year-old health check, a two-year extension of the PIP Quality Improvement Incentive, and an Extended Medicare Safety Net cap that has drawn RACGP concern. Here is what matters for general practice.
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MBS Update: Medicare Rebates Rise 2.6% from 1 July 2026
From 1 July 2026, most Medicare Benefits Schedule rebates increase by 2.6%. The uplift covers most general attendances, most diagnostic imaging, and many pathology items. The RACGP has welcomed it as better than a freeze but warns it still trails inflation. Here is what it means for your fees and billing.
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Therapeutic Guidelines Antibiotic Update 2026: What’s Changed for GP Prescribing
Therapeutic Guidelines has released its first major overhaul of the Antibiotic guidelines in around six years, and it is large enough to be rolled out in three stages across 2025 and 2026. The update spans more than 200 clinical topics and over 1,400 drug recommendations, with several changes landing squarely in the conditions GPs treat every day. This article summarises the scope of the update and the practical message for GP prescribing, with a clear caveat: confirm exact regimens against the current eTG before prescribing.
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My Health Record Sharing-by-Default Starts 1 July 2026: What It Means for Your Practice
From 1 July 2026, pathology and diagnostic imaging providers must upload reports to My Health Record (MyHR) by default. The reform is part of the Government’s “Better and Faster Access to health information” program, and it changes both what flows into MyHR and how quickly patients can see it. For GPs, this means more results available faster, a shorter delay on sensitive results, and a new compliance dimension for any practice that operates its own pathology collection or imaging service.
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Assignment of Benefit Changes from 1 July 2026: What Every GP Practice Should Set Up
From 1 July 2026, the way practices collect a patient’s assignment of Medicare benefit (AoB) for bulk-billed and simplified-billing services changes substantially. Paper-based, in-consultation co-signing is replaced by digital consent options, the practitioner co-signature requirement is removed, and a new two-year record-retention rule applies. This article sets out what every GP and practice manager needs to have in place before the deadline.
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